In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, staying ahead of threats means regularly updating security intelligence. For Windows environments, this is particularly true for Windows Defender, Microsoft’s integrated antivirus and anti-malware solution. As a system administrator, one of your key responsibilities is ensuring that these updates occur frequently and consistently across all…
How to configure the scheduled scan in Windows Defender via GPO
November 15, 2023
In the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity, ensuring regular system scans for threats is crucial. For system administrators managing a network of Windows devices, configuring scheduled scans in Windows Defender through Group Policy is a key task. This article provides a comprehensive guide on how to configure scheduled scans in Windows Defender using Group Policy, aimed at enhancing network…
Essentials of Group Policy - A comprehensive guide.
June 17, 2023
Essentials of Group Policy - A comprehensive guide.
n the Active Directory environment, Group Policy is a feature of Windows that facilitates a wide variety of advanced settings that network administrators can use to control the working environment of users and computer accounts. Group policy and Active Directory (AD) go…
Desktop shortcuts using AD Group Policy: The complete guide
January 19, 2023
Active Directory (AD) Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are used to centrally manage user account settings, system configurations, and access to network resources. Here are some of the important benefits of using GPOs to configure shortcuts on user desktops:
Deploy shortcuts to apps, links, file objects, and shell objects.Target specific user systems based on IP address range, MAC address range…
HOW TO DEPLOY EXE FILES USING GPO
August 22, 2022
Group Policy is an hierarchical infrastructure in Microsoft’s Active Directory which provides a centralized means for a network or system administrators to configure Windows servers and desktops. A virtual collection of policies constitute a Group Policy Object (GPO) and it is always identified by a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). For a selected scope of management (SOM), the group…
How to map network drives with Group Policy
July 7, 2022
How to map network drives with Group Policy
In earlier days, system administrators relied only on logon scripts to map networking drives, a complex and time-consuming process. To eradicate these hindrances, sysadmins rely on Group Policy to map network drives. In this article, we’ll learn why Group Policy is preferred and how you can map networking drives with GPO.
Why use Group Policy…
How to change the NTFS and share permissions
February 14, 2022
Managing permissions is crucial for IT admins to ensure security and control access to files and folders. This guide explains how to modify NTFS and sharing permissions, which are both important but function differently. NTFS permissions control local access to files and folders on the disk, while share permissions manage access to shared folders over the network. Here’s how you can manage both…
Group Policy includes policy settings that affect both users and computers. The settings under Computer Configuration control how the computer is configured. The settings under User Configuration control the user’s log-on session. In this video, we discuss the various group policy settings in detail.
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Group Policy Management console | How to Active Directory
August 20, 2021
The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) is a one-stop solution for performing all the Group Policy functions an administrator has to deal with. This MMC snap-in provides all the information about Group Policies and allows one to view all the settings within a Group Policy Object (GPO). In this video, we discuss how the GPMC provides viewing, configuring, and analyzing GPO settings to know how…
How to backup a GPO | How to Active Directory
August 11, 2021
In this video, we discuss how to backup and restore a GPO (group policy object) on a server 2012 R2 domain controller using GPMC (Group Policy Management Console).
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https://www.windows-active-directory.com/active-directory-group-policy-backup.html
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